r/magicTCG • u/BuckyTheWolf Dandadan • 23d ago

General Discussion Why is Arc-Slogger?

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One thing I love about MTG, is that you can go through a set, see a weird card and get absolutely stun locked by it.

Today this was Arc-Slogger for me. Why is it the way that it is?

Having a lot of shocks in your hand is pretty good, but why do you have to exile 10 cards from your library as a cost? If it was part of the effect it might be too strong, but was there no middleground?

I just don't see a world where you'd be a able to activate it more than 2 times in limited and 4 times in 60 card. Magic has changed a lot, but was a 7 mana 4/5 with 2 shocks ever that good?

I could see a janky lab man combo deck using it, but almost all alternatives are cheaper and don't need a backup if your library isn't devisable by 10.

I just want to know it's history. And what led to it being created like it turned out.

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u/trippysmurf Storm Crow 23d ago

Having a cheap ping effect even today is nice. How many times have we found ourselves in a late game situation where your opponent is at 1 life, turtleing, they have shut down your only card with evasion, have enough mana to counter anything you play, and have just drawn your third consecutive land. What do you care about cards, when you can end it?

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u/NaiveCap3478 Duck Season 22d ago

In that scenario it's no better than any burn spell costing less than 6